THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volumt St, No.45 USPS 4M-M0 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, November 5, 1987 30 <
LOCAL
Festival of Skills
see pg. 2
FEATURE
Fall Festival set
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COMMUNITY
Great pumpkin give-away
see pg. 11
Halloween celebrated!
Throughout Perquimans County on Friday the Halloween
spirit could be felt. The Jethro family of Tyner had this dis
play in their yard which caught your eye as you drove by. The
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display was constructed by Mr. Jethro and included a flying
witch, a ghost who played hide and seek, and a skelton who
waved from his grave at passersby.
Central School to participate in state
elementary school recognition program
Perquimans County Central School
has been named to compete in the
U.S. Department of Education's El
ementary School Recognition compe
tition.
Central School was one of four
schools chosen to compete in the pro
gram from district 1 which is made
up of 16 counties.
The other schools chosen from this
area were J.C. Sawyer, Elizabeth
City, Grandy ElementarySchool,
Grandy, N.C., W. T. Griggs, Curri
tuck, N.C..
Each county had an opportunity to
nominate one school for the competi
tion, and than the regional education
center in Williams ton selected four
schools to compete from the sixteen
nominated by the local school sys
tems.
The schools will now compete
against schools from the seven other
regions in the state of North Carolina
for the state award. If Central wins
the state-wide competition they
would go on to compete nationally.
The schools including Central were
selected based on severl criteria. The
schools exhibited excellence in the
areas of test scores by students on
standardized tests, community and
parental involvement, employees,
and overall excellence.
Central School is now in the proc
ess of preparing a 44 page application
which must be submitted by Nove
meber 17th. The application covers
every area of the schools policies and
procedures in detail, and the staff at
Central has been working for several
weeks to get it ready.
According to the staff at Central
School they feel several factors con
tributed to their selection for the
competition. Those factors include,
73 percent of the children at Central
School scored above the 50th percent
ile on the CAT test, the school also
requires students to read one book a
week, weekly progress reports to
parents, holding weekly grade level
meetings, and setting six week objec
tive goals. 'The teachers also are di
rectly involved with decisions, and
the staff works at making decisions
by committee.
According to Central's principal,
Morris Kornegay all of these factors
add up to an effective program at
Central School.
The stated decision is expected by
December 31st, and 13 schools will be
selected nationally. Last year Gates
ville Elementary School was a na
tional winner.
Newbold-White
receives funds
Area legislators Vernon James and
R.M. (Pete) Thompson recently vis
ited the Newbold-White site and pre
sented a check for $125,000 toward
building a new multi-purpose center
there. Senator Marc Basnight joined
in the effort required to secure the
grant, but was unable to be present.
County Commissioners Welly White
and Lester Simpson, Hertford
Mayor, Bill Cox, and Mrs. J. Emmett
Winslow, thanked the legislators for
this evidence of their continued sup
port for the historic site. Kay Rose
represented the Albemarle Commis
sion which served as the conduit for
the development funds granted by
the state.
Mrs. Winslow, President of Perqui
mans Restoration Association, sum
marized the progress which the Asso
ciation has made since it was formed
in 1971 to save Newbold-White, North
Carolina's oldest house. "Our first
. goal was to restore the house to its
1685 appearance. This took ten years,
with much of the delay caused by
lack of funds. When we opened it to
the public in 1961, we had no furni
ture. The North Carolina Society of
Colonial Dames of Seventeenth Cen
tury learned of this and adopted us as
their Four Hundredth Anniversary
project. Since that time the Society
has given almost $7,000 toward sev
enteenth century furnishings, and we
are pleased that they continue to help
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Further development of the site
continued with the restoration of the
David Newby House, a Carolina
Coastal Cottage from New Hope.
This restoration was made possible
by grants from the General Assem
bly, matched by generous gifts from
Mr. Irving H. Wainwright of Rich
mond. The cottage was dedicated to
the memory of Mrs. Wainwright, who
was Harriet Frances Mardre, a Per
quimans native.
Ground-breaking for Perquimans
Center is set for early IMS. Roy Reed
is chairman of the building commit
tee, which is made up of William
Nixon, Lester Simpson, Parker Ches
son. Bill Cok, and Mrs Winslow
Lucille Winslow accepts a check for funds received from
area legislators recently for the Newbold-White House as
other county officials look on. Pictured left to right are: Les
ter Simpson, Bill Cox, Lucille Winslow, Vernon James,
Jeanne White, W.W. "Welly" White, Pete Thompson, Kay
Rose, and David Mcall.
County discusses mapping program
The Perquimans County commis
sioners met last week and discussed
the possibility of contracting for a
county wide mapping program that
would greatly aid local officials in ad
valorem taxation, land transfers,
and other land transactions within
Perquimans County.
Don Holloway, of the Department
of Natural Resources and Commu
nity Development's regional office in
Washington came before the board
last Wednesday and made a presen
tation regarding a mapping project.
The project whic #ould cost an esti
mated $100,00 could be financed over
five yean, and the commissioners
could expect to receive as much as
$80,000 in grant monies from the state
level for the project. The county
could expect to receive as much as
$10,000 each year in grant funds,
leaving approximately $30,000 for the
county to budget each year. The
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county would also have to purchase
some additional equipment nec
essary for the project.
The mapping project would allow
county officials to determine just
how much land is in each tract of
land in the county, under the present
system several problems exists. One
problem is that there are many deeds
which are inaccurate, and some peo
ple may be paying too much or too
little in taxes to the county. Another
problem it that in some cases certain
land boundries are unknown or there
are disputes over boundries, map
ping would correct these problems.
The mapping project would define
contour lines in the county, and the
mapping program allows officials
and residents to see types of soil and
much more about the county's land
aim.
The mapping system also provides
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property buyers benefits because
they couldsee the foundries of the
property they were buying. The sys
tem is not 100 percent accurate, but
any problems with land areas can be
noted on the mapping program.
Several other counties in the area
have already gone through the map
ping program, and according to Hol
loway they have been extremely sat
isfied with the results. According to
Holloway and Keith Haskitt, Perqui
mans County tax collector those
counties have found the system very
helpful in working with the public, as
well as making the tax office's job
much easier.
The county commissioners took no
action on the program last week. Hie
are not expected to make any deci
sions regarding the program until
they begin working on next year's
budget.
Hertford re-elects Cox
It was a night for the incumbents on
Tuesday in Hertford.
Once again the citizens of Hertford
have re-elected W. D. "Bill" Cox
Mayor of Hertford along with Billy
Winslow and Jesse L. Harris to the
town council.
In a record turn-out of 632 voters of
a possible 850 registered voters for a
voter turn-out of 75 percent. Mayor
Co* won Tuesday's election over W,
A. "Billy" White with 70 percent of
the vote. Cox received 437 votes to
White's 187.
Cox who has served as Hertford's
Mayor for the past 16 years said
Tuesday following the election that
he very grateful for the community's
vote of confidence in re-electing him.
"I am very grateful," said Cox. "I
will continue to do my very best, and
I will continue to work for the im
provement of Hertford," he added.
The race for the town council was
much closer than the mayor's race
with Jesse Harris only winning a seat
on the council by 34 votes over Carlyn
Brown who sought a seat on the coun
cil for the first time.
Billy Winslow was the top vote get
ter in the race receiving 357 votes, he
was followed by Harris with 264
votes. Brown with 230 votes, and
W. D. "Bill" Cox
John H. London with 208 votes.
Tuesday's re-election of the Hert
ford Town Council seems to state that
the citizens of Hertford are satisfied
with the current council and their
policies, at least for the next two
years.
Mayor Cox, Billy Winslow, and
Jesse Harris will all serve four year
terms in office.
Bartlett elected in Winffall
The town of Winfall had a record turn
out of 70 percent of the voters on
Tuesday for the municipal election.
209 voters out of approximately 300
registered voters went out to the polls
and cast their ballots.
In what was projected to be a close
race C. W. "Bill" Bartlett defeated
Terry M. Williams for Mayor of Win
fall, and in a close council race in
cumbent Jake Chesson regained a
seat on the council as well as C.D.
Barclift. Chesson and Barclift de
feated Willie B. Moore, Jr. and Mr.
Williard M. Copeland.
In the mayor's race Bartlett de
feated Williams by an almost two to
one margin gaining 64 percent of the
vote, Bartlett received 133 votes to
William's 76 votes. Bartlett who is
currently serving on the town council
stated on Tuesday night that he was
very happy about the outcome of the
election, and added that he was very
glad he would have an opportunity to
serve the Winfall community as their
mayor. Bartlett who was defeated in
the last mayor's race by Lloyd Ray
Morgan will serve as mayor for two
years.
The front runner in a very close
race for the two council seats was C.
D. Barclift with 114 votes followed by
C. W. "Bill" Bartlett
Chesson with 92, Moore with 81, and
Copelandwith 80.
Barclift and Chesson will serve on
the council for four years.
William L. Tilley stated that Tues
day's record voting turnout in Win
fall and Hertford could be attributed
to three factors: 1 good weather, 2.
good competition, 3. a black canidate
running.
Seminar held on Perquimans River
Hertford Horizons, the Town of Hert
ford, and Perquimans County jointly
sponsored a seminar last Wednesday
on the Perquimans River.
The idea for a conference on the
Perquimans River was first con
ceived by the quality of life commit
tee of Hertford Horizons. The quality
of life committee is made up of three
persons including John Matthews,
Chairman, Suzanne Haste, and Carl
Terranova.
Wednesday's program included
presentations by. six presentators in
cluding Jim Mead, N.C. Department
of Natural Resources and Commu
nity Development, Division of Water
Resources, Captain A1 Howard, Cho
wan River Streamwatch Program,
Harrell Johnson, N.C. Department of
Natural Resources and Community
Development, Division of Marine
Fisheries, Jim Mulligan, N. C. De
partment of Natural Resources and
Community Development, Dr. Doug
Rader, Department of Natural Re
sources and Community Devel
opment, Director of Albemarle-Pam
lico study, and Dr. Parker Chesson,
native of Perquimans County, and
Chair of the Albemarle-Pamlico Citi
zens Advisory Committee for the Al
bemarle area.
Secretary S. Thomas Rhodes, De
partment of Natural Rea sources and
Community Development also spoke
to the group present on the condition
of the Perquimans River and gave a
brief introduction on the STEP proc
ess, strategies for economic progress
of which Hertford is currently in
volved in.
Opening remarks for Wednesday's
seminar were made by John Mat
thews.
Jim Mead with streamwatch told
those in attendance about the concept
of streamwatch, and reviewed the
process necessary to get a local
group started for the Perquimans
River.
Captain A1 Howard addressed the
group concerning the Chowan River
streamwatch group. Howard told
those present how the group was
started, described their acitivities,
and urged citizens to start a local
group.
Jim Mulligan spoke to the group on
Wednesday concerning river data
and its implications to the local pop
ulation. Mulligan told spoke to the
group about the real need for pollut
ion control on the Perquimans River,
and addressed the problems duck
weed and other plants cause the river
and its ecology. Mulligan told the
group present that the river was
monitored yearly for any changes in
these problems, but that more pollut
ion control and other management
practices ^needed to be implemented
for propercnanagement of this great
resource.
Harrell Johnson addressed the
Perquimans river and it's great
amount of fishing resources. Johnson
addressed questions of fisheries
management, and told residents that
proper fisheries management is es
sential to keep this vital resource of
the river.
Dr. Doug Rader, and Dr. Parker
Chesson addressed the topic of the
Albemarle-Pamlico study, and citi
zen involvement in that project. The
Albemarle-Pamlico study is being
undertaken to look at area rivers and
the Albemarle Sound. The study will
evaluate all aspect of water resource
management in this area, and will
provide local official with a plan of
attack for improved water resource
management.
All the citizens Wednesday seemed to
enjoy the conference, and found the
presentations most informative.
Redskins defeat Pirates
The Manteo Redskins defeated the
Pirates on Friday despite the statis
tics.
Fumbles and penalties plagued the
Pirates on Friday who more than
double the yardage of the Redskins in
their 15-6 loss of the Pirates last
home game.
Coach Flippen attributed Friday's
loss to the turnovers. " We had a lot
of turnovers," said Flippen. " You
can't win that way."
The Pirates gained 26S yards total
offense on Friday, while holding
Manteo to just 115 yards for the
game. Flippen said at the times the
offense went well for Perquimans,
but several key fumbles caused the
Pirates problems.
The first key fumble came early in
the game with Manteo leading 7-6.
The Redskins punted from their own
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23. Tyvoice Coston fumbled the 33
yard punt, and the Redskins took
over on their own 47 yard line.
The Pirates defense held Manteo
from scoring, but Costen fumbled a
second punt, and the Redskins recov
ered on the Pirate 20. Manteo scored
several plays later. Manteo's Charity
scored on a three yard run, and the
score jumped to 15-6 after Charity
ran across the line making the two
point conversion.
The Pirates had their only real
scoring drive in the second quarter.
Cedric Felton scored from the four
yard line, but the Pirates two point
attempt failed, and the Pirates never
came back.
This week the Pirates face Camden
in Camden. The Pirates must win
Friday's game to get a spot in the
play-offs. Game time is 8:00 p.m..
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